The following next day Amber took Emmie over to her brothers place for her to stay the night for when she is at work. Jellal offer to do it this week and Mystogan would alternate the next week. They had this set up for the month until she is on her leave from work. Her brothers were worried of her raising Emmie on her own and how hard it was for her when she lost Luke. She was committed in raising her sister daughter. There was no way somebody else was going to take her away. Amber lost her other half when she died and Emmie filled that hole. When she was placed in her arms the first time, it was love at first sight.

The door was open for her when Jellal saw her coming up the drive way. "Hi Sis." "Hello Brother. Thanks again for taking her." "It's no problem really and I get to enjoy my time with her." "Well she is little bit fussy right now and didn't sleep very well last night. Hope you will have a better night." "Did you get any sleep at all?" "Sort of, tomorrow is my day off. I will get a few hours in before you bring her home." Jellal frowns. "Why don't you let me have her for a other night so you can rest up?" "It's fine, I have three days off this week." "Amber we don't want you taking on so much when it's just you." "What are you trying to say?" "That she should have two people looking after her." "You mean a mom and dad." "I am not saying you are going to neglect her, it going to be hard on you that is all." "Jellal, when I had Luke there were many nights I was up with him alone while Gray was at work at his company. I can handle this, she needs to get into a better sleeping pattern." "Even back then, there were two." "Look I can take her with me to the hospital if you are going to be this way." "Sorry, Keep her here." She hands over the bag to him. "I have everything in there she needs. Formula, dippers, extra clothes, bottles, soother, and rattle." "Going over board." "Don't underestimate a newborn Jellal. If you aren't careful she will have you wrapped around her little finger." "That isn't to hard for her to do. It's already hanging on tightly." She takes her over to the couch and undoes the car seat and lefts her up into her arms. She had fallen a sleep in the car on there way over. "Now little one you be good for your Uncle Jellal and I will see you tomorrow." Amber places a finger underneath Emmie hand she holds onto it. "We will have fun, don't worry about it. If I have any problems I will call you. Remember I changed you and Angel when you were younger." "Its the first time she staying with someone else. I couldn't keep changing the night shift with other people." "You better be going or you will be late." Jellal opens up his arms for her to be place into them. Amber kisses her cheek. "Mommy loves you." "Get going." "I am, see you both tomorrow. She hugs her brother goodbye and gives the baby one more kiss. Jellal lefts up Emmie's hand to wave back to Amber as she makes her way over to her car. "Come on squirt lets go watch some hockey before it's bed time."

The drive to the hospital was a little hard on Amber to do. She knew Emmie was in good hands with her brother. It was her responsibility to watch over her. Right now, for the next month she will have to relied on both of her brothers for help. When she pulls into her parking spot she likes to take over because it was closer to the building. She sees Jason parents go into the sliding doors. They spent a lot of time with their son. Jason's mom Amy had given up her job to make sure that one of them was with him. His dad, Erik is business man like Gray. They don't have to be concern with money. He makes enough for Amy not to work, but she loved her job regardless. She was a professor at nearby university college. With her purse in her hands she to walks inside and heads for the staff room before attending to her shift. "Amber!" Amy was calling her over before heading up to the fifth floor." "Amy, Erik nice to see you again." She gives them a heart warming smile."You are on your night shift tonight?" "Yes I am, Amy. I have about 8 mins to be at my station." "Well we wanted to say thank you for your help yesterday with Jason and his eating." "It was no trouble. Did he eat supper too?" "A little, Sting says it's the drug that is causing it." "We figure it would be the determinedly problem. With twinking the contents of his food, it might work." Amy gives her a hug. "You are a gem with him. Will you be coming up to see him?" "Probably not, the second floor has been busy as of late and keeps me running." "Have a good shift then." "I'll see you two around." She heads for the staff room once more. The couple goes up to the fifth floor. "Erik wish there was something we can do to repay for her kindness." "If you think of something let me know. She one of the hardest nurses we have seen."

Entering the second floor she was dreading to step foot on it. It was her job and if a certain person was going to remain there for awhile. She had to be professional about it and not have him rub her the wrong way or a way that gets her thinking about the past. "Nurse Fullbuster glad you are here." "What is it Levy?" "Today has been mayhem. We have one new patient in room 206 and has been demanding." "What is his in for?" "Him and his buddies thought it was would be a great idea to jump off the roof into the swimming pool." "How many broken bones." "This man is built Amber the only thing he broke was his leg and sprain is wrist." "Why is he being so demanding?" "He has been asking the nurses he likes to come into his room to have them do things for him. He can do most of it on his own." "We can solve that problem fast. Who are the male nurses on for tonight?" "Natsu and Elfman." "Oh Mira brother is on tonight. That works just fine." "How so?" "Elfman is a manly man he will not take to guys like him around. If there is ruckus we can send him in to deal with it. How are the rest of them?" "Mr James is finally getting some antibiotics and will be release tomorrow to be picked up by his son. Mrs Woods is refusing to walk. 208 has been pleasant as well." "Really, he can be demanding to when he wants too."

Levy continues with her report and carries on with her next task. Amber makes a first around on the floor to see where everyone is at. She peeks in each doorway and try not to disturb anyone or to be notice. When she gets to room 206 the man was laying on his bed and Lucy was hovering over him. She was blushing away while the man was talking into her ear. "Lucy!" She looks up and sees her and steps back from the bed. "Do I need to tell you how inappropriate it is to flirt with the patient." "No Amber." "Good if you are done here, there are others that you need to attend too." She turns away to walk across the hall to her ex's room. The man on the bed said a few choice words of her. "What a bitch. How can you stand working with her." "Shhh or she will hear you." "Like I care." Amber shakes her head. People like that she can shake off her shoulder. The door to Gray's room was open, so she very softly peeks her head around to see if he was awake or sleeping. He was watching the news on the t.v that was wall mounted. He had a remote and jug of ice cold water on the tray table. She didn't want to make her presence known to him so she backs out and goes to the next room. Gray turns his head to see the last part of her long dark blue hair going past the door. "I knew you where there." He smiles to himself and changes the channel on the t.v. He has been thinking all day about her. Having a quiet room all to himself and not being to do any work related things. His mind would drift back to when he first met her to the when they got married and when she told him she was expecting Luke. Gray was overjoyed about being a father. As he would watch Amber's stomach grew he would lay his head on her and tell his son stories. They wanted to know what they were having instead of waiting the nine months. He had pulled a other picture from his wallet to look at. It was one of only Amber at 8 months. It was his favourite picture of her before she gave birth. He had other pictures at home to which he never open up a single photo album to look at it. "You are beautiful."

The night was different during the day. Mostly everyone was sleeping or they had ones that would wake up and wander around. Call bells where still answered and rounds were made every 2 hours. Amber was at the computer, typing notes for the doctor to look at in the morning on the person they are in charge of. A cold blue was going off in Mrs Woods room. Amber pushes her chair back and was running down the hallway. Natsu was getting the crash cart from the hallway and was entering the room with the doctor already heading inside. "I need the paddles Natsu." "I will give them to you right now Freed." He hands him the white handles to put on her chest. "Charge it to 50. Amber give her O2 and hook her up to the monitor." "Yes doctor." Mrs Woods body would arch up from the bed when the electric shock was starting to restart her heart. "Charge it again Natsu." "Yes sir." Amber puts a mask over the older lady face and turn on the air. "It's on doctor." He puts the paddles down on her again." "Natsu hit it." He presses the button. They look at the heart monitor to see if worked. "We will try again, come on lets go." "Yes Freed." Natsu and her say at the same time. They worked on her for at lest 10 minutes before Dr Justine pronounce her dead. "Time of death 12:06." Amber writes it down to be put on the death certificate and for him to sign later. "Nurse Fullbuster call the nest of kin and the care home." "Of course doctor." He leaves the room for the nurses to do the rest. Amber looks over at Natsu. "Are you ok?" "She would do things that I didn't like, but to go and die. I wasn't expecting this at all." "Natsu, she was well into her late 80's. We don't know when there time will end." "She should have past away in her own bed at the care home." "That may be true, but she did have us for her final moments." "Death is so senseless." "Death is part of life. What we chose to do with it is up to us. We have to make the most of it until we are called home." Natsu walks over to her and puts his head on her shoulder. "How did you deal with it?" "It wasn't easy and the hardest part is letting go." "You took it hard." "Natsu come on, we have to finished up in here and we got to call the morgue." "You never want to talk about it." She puts the clipboard on the bed and turns to him. "What is there to say?" "I don't know, but at times you shut down when we loose someone." "Am I doing that now." "I said at times. It depends who goes." "I'll try and not show that side of myself." "Amber!" "Look we have job to do, so drop it."

Mrs Woods was picked up by the morgue and Amber had to make the call to her family member of her death. She listen to the crying over the line and what they started to say about there mother. "I am truly sorry for your loss." "Thanks Mom will be missed. She had a incredible life. I wish I did half the stuff she did when she was younger." "You are still young." "I can always start a bucket list." "Sounds good to me. I will let you pass the message on to the rest of your family. I will have call the care home." "And thanks for all you did for her in her last days." "That is what we are here for." She hangs up the phone and calls the care home. It was different telling them. All of there residents will one day pass on. A new person will replace the room she was in and over time she will be forgotten. Nurses and care workers in places like care homes and hospital have to harden there heart against death. You can't get attached or the death bring you down.

Amber let Natsu have a longer break for him to come to terms with her passing and to do his job right when he came back. While he was doing that, she was going to start her next round of checking on everyone. It had pretty much settle down for the night. There are a few early raisers that will wake up at the crack of dawn. That wouldn't happen until 5am. When she got to Gray's room, she went inside not thinking about it. He was a sleeping on his back, but he was dreaming and talking in his sleep. "Luke, daddy is here. Do not go. Stay right here." It broke her heart to hear him say that. He had said those exact words when Luke was dying. She walked over to the head of the bed. It was best to arouse him instead of him going through with the dream. "Gray wake up." "Luke, stay here." She gives him a nudge at the shoulder. "Gray wake up." He bolts up in bed and starts to pant. "You are having a dream." He looks at her. "Dream?" "Yeah, you were talking in your sleep." He lays back down. "I haven't' had a dream like that in long time." "Here have some water." She pours him a cup and hands it to him. He sits up with her pressing the button of the bed. "What time is it?" She looks up at the clock. "After one." He hands the cup back to her and she puts it down. "I think you will be fine now." Gray turns his head to her. "I'll stay awake for awhile." "Sure, I'll leave you be." He reaches out for her before she goes. "Stay this time." She looks down at her hand. "Gray. I am doing my rounds." He pulls her closer to him. "I saw you peeking in before." "Didn't want to disturb you." "You didn't want to come in." "I was doing my job." "You are avoiding me." She looks away from him. "Can you let go of me." He puts a arm around her and keeps her close. "No." He puts a finger on her chin and moves her face to look at him. "Amber." The way he said her name she closed her eyes. He looks at her lips. "Look at me." She opens up her eyes. He was a inch closer to her then before. His hand moves to the back of her head and he pulls her in more. "Gray no." "Then stop me." He pulls her to his lips and kisses her. It made her remember all the other times he has kissed her. It was soft and slow, but it had something more to offer. She pushes on his chest to break free and he feels the the pain from the broken ribs. They stare at each for a moment then she runs out of the room. He watches her go. "Next time you aren't running."

She wanted the shift to end now, she was steaming mad at what he pulled on her. To be kissed in that way and she let it happen with out so much as fight. Then she hurt him by pressing on his chest. She was pacing around the counter when the call bell to his room light up get her come back in. She looks at the light beeping and does not push it. "You can't ignore him" "Oh yeah I can, Natsu. From now till he is out of here. You can deal with him." "What did he do?" Amber didn't want to speak of the kiss. "His behaviour was inappropriate I choose my right not to enter that room." Natsu sighs. "I should tell you to suck it up." She gives him a look. "As a friend I will do this for you." "Thanks I owe you one." "Plus the next shift I am not here." "What?" "I am going away for a week. My brother is getting married." "That is right Zeref, I forgot. Who is covering for you?" "Not to sure. I think Gajeel is." "He isn't to bad if he is not around Levy to much." The bell was going off again. Amber pushes the button. "What?" "Can you come in." "Nope, Natsu will see to you." "Amber!" "He is on his way." She shuts it off and the bell goes off again. She pushes Natsu towards the door. "I am going." "Tell him a very very busy." "Alright I'll tell him."

The pink hair man enters his room. "Hey!" "Why send you?" "I doubt she will come back into the room for your entire stay. I try asking her what you did, but she didn't answer?" "Nothing." "You did something to make her have a red face." He smiles at that. "She is blushing?" "Or she mad as a hornet." Natsu crosses his arms. "If you want my help Gray. I say spill." "It was spur of the moment. I had a dream, she woke me up and was there and I kissed her." "You did not think that through." "It may have been a lapse in judgment on my part, but she kissed me back. If I had to repeat it, she will not sprint away." Natsu sits down in a chair. "You haven't seen her in years and on the start of the third day you kissed her." "Tell me about it." "Gray I know your history with her. I don't think you should." "Should I not what?" "Start things up again." "What if I do." "If that is the case, don't walk way again. I have to get back to my shift. Need anything?" Gray looks up at him. "No, not right now." He nods. He turns to leave but stops. "Think before you carrying on with anything else." "I have been, it's the only thing I have been doing." "Later buddy." "Later." He wanted to tell Gray about her niece, but he figure he might cause hurt for him. To know that she is raising a other child that is not of his own.

The night was long and tiring for her, with not getting as much sleep she hoped for, because if Emmie. Amber had to keep working or she would have fallen asleep where she stand. Coffee was the only friend that helped keep her going. When she was nearing the end of her shift, one more last round had to be done. Lucy wanted to go check on 206 after Amber had told her repeatedly not to enter that room but have one of the male nurses do it. The blonde didn't care what she said, and the man was hot. Plus she enjoy the attention she was receiving from him. "Dan I am back." "Lucy can you do something for me." "What is it?" "Can you plant your lips right here." She smiles seductively at him. "I guess I could, but don't want to get caught." "Come here and show me how bad you can be." She walks over to him and sits down the bed and bend slightly to him. "I can be really naughty then bad, Dan." "Mmmm then by means go right head." They start making out.

Amber was checking on the rooms and was about to peek in at Gray. She didn't really want to, but since Natsu and Elman was doing other things at the moment she couldn't get out of it. Gray was awake again and watching a early morning t.v program. He sees Amber in the hallway looking at something. He was about to call out to her, then he sees her disappeared. "What could be going on?" His question was answer when he heard Amber talking loudly. "Nurse Lucy Heartfilla you get off him and out this room pronto." "Hey look here women, you have no right to be bossing her around." Lucy puts her hands on his chest. "I can handle this myself Dan." "Lucy your conduct is very questionable here and I will be putting it in writing to Human Resources. I have told you that it's improper to be stepping into this room. You are putting your career on the line for what, a few kisses." "Amber come on, hasn't there ever been a guy you have seen while working and you wanted to go with the flow and see where it leads." "No, because I have common sense where you are clearly lacking." "What about that boy on the fifth floor." "That is completely different and on a whole other level. Now leave this room, I will attend to this man." "I don't want to go." "You heard her bitch, she wants to stay, so scam. Amber marches around the bed and grabs Lucy. "Leave now." "Hey you let her go." She ignores the man and she looks at the clipboard seeing his name. "Mr. Straight from this moment on only male nurses will come into this room." "What did you say?" "Male nurses will come in here, it's best due to your attitude." He swings his legs off the bed and with out any crutches he takes a hold of Lucy and pushes Amber out of the way. "I told you bitch, she stays." "Amber!" Gray could hear what is all going on. He reaches for his crutches and gets out of the bed and starts making his way to the door. Amber gets up off the floor. "I am calling security if you don't stand down and let her go." "I will not be told what to do by you." "Dan why don't you calm down. I know she only trying to help me, it's alright." Dan looks at Lucy. "I thought you wanted to a bad Nurse, Lucy." "When you leave the hospital we can continue?" "Nah I wouldn't want you after this." He lets Lucy go. "What are you saying?" "I am only into one night stands no lasting relationship. Why don't you go. I am done with you now." "Dan please we can still hang out." She puts her body up close to him and he pushes her way." "Get back into bed Mr. Straight." "You are the cause of all this and my mood is now sour." Amber gets Lucy and puts her behind her back. "Lucy go now." "Amber we need help." "Go get it then." "You can't stay here on your own." "I have some defense moves I can do. Call security before he does tries something. I can only reason with him and show I am not scared." Lucy runs into the hallway and she sees Gray making his way over to the door. Mr. Dan Straight was looming over her. Even with the cast on his leg he didn't need any support to stand up. "Back up!" "What are you doing to do about it." He takes the t.v table and knocks it to the floor and advances on her. She was ready to take him on. If it's to subdue him, she should be fine.

She didn't realize the guy was fast. Dan had his hands around her neck and was squeezing. She is struggling to be release. "Get your hands of her!" Gray made it to the door. "What is it to you." He glares at the other man. "You have my wife." "She is hey, will I was about to teach her a lesson to tame her." "If you try anything with her you will regret it." The man laughs. "You can't take me on." "Oh I think I can." Amber looks over to Gray. He was serious and he can fight and stand his ground. Gray puts down his crutches and takes a fighting stance. The man lets go of her and she slumps onto the floor trying to catch her breath. It felt like her wind pipe was crushed. She tries to talk. "Gray not with your leg." "Stay down Amber." She didn't want either of them to fight and the situation had gotten out of control. Her hand goes on the wall to rise herself up from the ground. They are both eyeing each other up. Straight pulls his hand back to take a swing at Gray before he could do so. Amber grabs his arm to stop him. "Amber!" He takes her by her scrub top and was going to throw her across the room when two guards come running in to restrain him. Amber was let go and she goes over to Gray to help hold him up before he falls down. She grabs his crutches and puts his arm around her shoulder. With how weak she feels, she points to the door. He walks out with her and heads to his room. They get over to the bed and Gray sits down. "Let me see you." She shakes her head. He pulls her in between his legs and looks, touches at the hand print on her neck. . "I have taught you moves to get out that." "I know you did his strength was to much and he was faster." Her adrenaline rush was dying down and her hands were starting to shake. She wanted to leave the room so he couldn't see how affected she was by the ordeal. Gray notice anyway by the way her body was. "Your shaking." "I need to go." He holds on to her hand preventing her from running. "Not escaping like previously and you need to settle down." "I am fine." "Do not lie to me." She looks at him. "My shift is over I need to give my report." "They can wait for you." He rubs up and down her arms. "Relax."

Lucy wanted to apologized for not listening to her. She was watching the two of them over at the bed. Clearly she could tell that her friend was unsettled by what happen. It was her fault and it will take awhile for Amber to trust her again. Lucy knocks the door. "Can I come in?" Gray looks at her and then at his ex. "Sure." Lucy walks further into the room. "I am sorry. I know you have told me a few times already not to see him. I didn't listen to you." Amber turns around with Gray taking her hand again into his. "Lucy, when I tell you to do something, follow it. You put not only yourself at risk, me as well. I ended up get hurt because of your actions and Gray was ready to take him on with his broken leg. I will be doing up a report on this and you be probably be suspended for awhile." "I need this job." "Then, do a better job at it. No more flirting with patients or doctors. That can be done outside of work not in. "I understand." "Do you?" "Yes, I was in the wrong. I will exceed your exceptions." "You will really have to prove to me Lucy that you are a capable. I am not giving you a warning, I have done that. This will proceed to the higher ups." "Amber like I said I need this job." "Then as you said, exceed my exceptions. Other wise I can't help you." "Fine, I'll deal with the consequences." "That is a start. Now I must leave." Gray looks to Lucy. "Can you step out, I want a word with her." "I will speak to the staff that is coming on." He watches the blonde leave the room and he focus went back to her again. The hand he was holding, she hadn't let go yet. There was no more shaking he could see. "It's your day off?" "Yes, time for me to head home." "When can see you again?" "Your not going too. When I come back you will be at home." "I want to see you outside of this hospital." "That will wouldn't be a good idea." "And why is that?" "We have nothing that ties us together anymore Gray. We are divorce, that is how you wanted it." She lets go of his hand. "From this moment on we will never see each other again." She doesn't look back as she leaves. Gray stay on the bed for a bit of time before he moved to the window. He waited for her to come out and she walked to her car. He notices that she is playing with something around her neck, but couldn't quite make out what it was. He taps on the window and she looks up at him. She hides whatever was at her fingertips inside of her shirt. Amber gets into the car, not looking back up again. She heads out into the street going for home. "You will be seeing me and soon, my dear."